Intensive Community Based Treatment Services
Tennessee Health Link (THL)
Tennessee Health Link is a care coordination program for children, adolescents, and adults with behavioral health needs. Health Link providers provide comprehensive care management, care coordination, referrals to social supports, member and family support, transitional care, health promotion, and population health management.
Comprehensive Child and Family Treatment (CCFT)
CCFT services are high-intensity, time-limited therapeutic interventions designed for children and youth who are at risk of out-of-home placement to hospitals, residential treatment centers, or state custody due to behavioral or mental health crises.
- Services concentrated on child, family, and parental/guardian behaviors and interactions.
- Provided in the home/community setting
- Can include evidence-based therapeutic interventions and/or skills training to support the family unit, advocacy, and medication management
- Focus on short-term stabilization goals
Continuous Treatment Team (CTT)
CTT offers intensive and time-limited services consisting of a team of clinical staff (including physicians, nurses, case managers, and other therapists as needed) who offer integrated mental health case management, treatment, and rehabilitative services.
- Available to adults, children, and adolescents
- Intended to provide intensive community-based service to those with psychiatric disorders who may be at risk for a higher level of care such as hospitalization and residential treatment.
- Services offered in the community setting
- Services can include crisis intervention, advocacy, medication management, mentoring, consultation for peer counseling, etc.
Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)
ICC is a TennCare service for children and teens under 21 with serious emotional disturbance (SED). A care coordinator partners with the youth, family, and providers (such as schools, doctors, and community agencies) to align services and ensure care is delivered in the home and community.
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH)
TennCare offers mental health services for young children under age 6. These services help families when a child or parent is experiencing stress, trauma, or mental health challenges that can make caring for a young child harder. IECMH services focus on helping the child and parent together. The goal is to strengthen the relationship between parent and child, lower stress, and help the child feel safe and supported. Services are always provided with both the parent and child present.
Family Intervention Treatment Team
Family Intervention Treatment Team (FITT) or Community Assessment and Stabilization Team (CAST) is an intensive in-home, community-based program supporting youth ages 5-18 who are at risk of hospitalization, disruption or needing stabilization support when returning home from a higher level of care. FITT partners with families to avoid out-of-home placement and provides skills for future crisis prevention.
Specialized Comprehensive Treatment Team (SCTT)
Specialized Comprehensive Treatment Team (SCTT) is an intensive and integrated program for individuals ages 12 and older with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions. A specialized multi-disciplinary team offers treatment, care coordination, and rehabilitative services for those at high risk for disruption to their lives in the community.
Tennessee Health Link (THL) |
Continuous Treatment Team (CTT) |
Comprehensive Child and Family Treatment (CCFT) |
Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) |
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) |
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Population: Adults and Children |
Population: Adults and Children |
Population: Under 21 |
Population: Under 21 |
Population: ages 0-6 |
Members identified based on: 1. Diagnosis 2. Health care utilization patterns 3. Functional need |
Members identified based on: 1. Acute psychiatric problems 2. At risk for out of home placement |
Members identified based on: 1. Family instability 2. Child exhibiting high risk behaviors |
Members identified based on: 1. Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) 2. Youth exhibiting high risk behaviors 3. At-risk of psychiatric hospitalization, residential placement, DCS custody home removal etc.
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Members identified based on: 1. Child has experienced acute trauma or chronic stressors |
Services: 1. Comprehensive care management 2. Care coordination 3. Health promotion 4. Transitional care 5. Patient and family support 6. Referral to social supports
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Services: 1. Intensive care coordination 2. Treatment 3. Rehabilitation services 4. Delivered in the home or community 5. Provided in the context of strong partnerships with family and other community support 6. Crisis intervention and stabilization 7. Counseling 8. Skills building 9. Therapeutic intervention 10. Advocacy 11. Educational services 12. Medication management as needed 13. School based counseling and interventions with teachers
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Services: 1. High intensity 2. Time-limited 3. Provide stabilization 4. Prevent out of home placement 5. Focused on child, family and parental/guardian behaviors and interactions 6. Treatment oriented and situation-specific 7. Focus on short-term stabilization goals |
Services: 1. Coaching and skill building of the individual and parent/caregiver to empower their self-activation and self-management of their personal resiliency, recovery and wellness towards stability and independence. 2. High intensity and frequency of the coordination. 3. Development of a Care Planning Team, minimally comprised of the individual, parent/caregiver, and ICC Team (CC, CFSS, and one natural support). where all decisions regarding the Individual Care Plan are made.
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Services: 1. Developing secure attachments with caregivers and building positive relationships with peers. 2. Learning to identify, understand, and regulate a range of emotions, both positive and negative. 3. Child's ability to engage with their surroundings, learn new things, and develop problem-solving skills.
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